Smuxi is a cross-platform

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for the

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desktop inspired by Irssi. It pioneered the concept of separating the frontend client from the backend engine which manages connections to IRC servers inside a single graphical application.

Architecture

Smuxi is based on the client–server model: The core application exists in the Smuxi back-end server which is connected to the Internet around-the-clock. The user interacts with one or more Smuxi front-end clients which are connected to the Smuxi back-end server.Brockmeier, Joe (October 15, 2010)
"Advanced IRC with Smuxi - Smuxification"
. ''Tutorials''. LinuxPlanet.com. This way, the Smuxi back-end server can maintain connections to IRC servers even when all Smuxi front-end clients have been closed."Smuxi 0.7.0 released – now with Twitter functionality"
. IRC-Junkie.org.^{( rationale)} January 14, 2010. The combination of screen and Irssi served as an example of this architecture. The

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client has a similar design. Smuxi also supports the regular single application mode. This behaves like a typical IRC client with no separation of back-end and front-end. It utilizes a local IRC engine that is used by the local front-end client.

Features

Smuxi supports nick colors which are identical across channels and networks, a Caret Mode as seen in Firefox that allows users to navigate through the messages using the keyboard, theming with colors and fonts, configurable tray-icon support, optional stripping of colours and formattings and convenience features like CTCP support, channel search and nickname completion. It has a tabbed document interface, tabbed user interface, and support for multiple servers. Smuxi can attach to a local backend engine or a remote engine utilizing the Engine drop down menu (similar to screen used with irssi). It also includes, in client-server operation, a visual marker showing the user's last activity in an open session, and ignore filtering.

Distribution

Smuxi can be found in many major free operating systems such as: Debian GNU/Linux (including

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), Ubuntu,

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, Arch Linux, openSUSE Community Repository, Frugalware Linux, Slackware, and

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. Smuxi is also available for

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XP, Vista, 7, 8.x and 10 (

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and 64-bit architectures). Smuxi is available for Mac OS X starting with the 0.8.9 release.

Reception

Smuxi was selected in "Hot Picks" by '' Linux Format Magazine'' in March 2009. ''

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'' wrote: In Tom's Hardware, Adam Overa wrote: In LinuxToday, Joe Brockmeier wrote:

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